February Newsletter

Focus on the One

The Youngstown Ohio Stake experienced a beautiful weekend being taught by our visiting authority Elder Alain Allard,our Stake President,President Connor and many others. Many recent converts shared their sweet and powerful witness of the Savior.
Great unity and love was felt. 

We shared with the stake our vision and goals for the stake. They are as follows;

Focus on the One.

1. Read the Book of Mormon once this year and share it with one non-member or less active friend. 

2. Increase our faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ by consistent weekly Sabbath Day Observance and bring one less active member or non-member to Church with us. 

3. Find at least one family name to take to the temple ... and teach one other person to do the same. 

We ask that everyone prayerfully act to bring these divinely inspired goals to pass.

We will be blessed individually and collectively with added strength against temptation and evil and have the divine reassurance we are pleasing our Heavenly Father.

We pray for you and love you. This is the Lord's work. It is His stake.  May we continue to work together with one heart and one mind.

Pres. Craig Wagley 

Discipleship Is Our Journey

In October’s General Conference President Uchtdorf shared that “Exaltation is our Goal.  Discipleship is our journey.”  This is a profound statement!  I love this statement.  We have been told before that we are on a journey, traveling through mortality.    However, some of us forget that our eternal journey has already begun.  It does not begin when we die.  We lived before we came to the earth so our eternity is already in progress.  On this journey, we continue to work towards our final destination which is the Celestial Kingdom (Exaltation).    

          President Uchtdorf shared that in order to achieve our goal, we must be the Lord’s disciples on our journey.  The Webster’s dictionary defines a disciple as, “one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines…”  It is important for us to remember that we are on our eternal journey, daughters of a loving Father.  He continually is cheering us on, providing us with the things we need to finish our journey back to Him.  It is important for us, as we journey here to remember our divine heritage with our eyes continually fixed on the goal, exaltation.  Sister Wixom stated, “I promise that as you seek to discover the depth of the divine nature that lies within you, you will begin to further magnify your precious gift.  Let it guide you to become His daughter, walking the path back to Him…”

As we progress on our journey as disciples, divine daughters of our Father, may we always be mindful of the unconditional love of Him who sent us here to be successful in our journey.   President Uchtdorf stated, “As you exercise a little faith and begin our walk as a peaceable follower of our Lord Jesus Christ, your heart will change.  Your whole being will be filled with light.  God will help you become something greater than you ever thought possible.”  It is our prayer that as this new year begins that we as sisters remember how precious we are to our Heavenly Father and will continue on the path of Discipleship with greater love for Him who sent us and for all those around us!

President Barbara Federkeil

Stake Relief Society President

The Primary presidency wants parents to be aware of the following activities and dates that will be happening in the next few months.

The Royal Princess Ball

(for Girls 18 months to 18 years and their Escort)

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Saturday, February 27 4:00 PM—7:30 PM

Youngstown Stake Center

2205 Tibbetts Wick Road

Girard, Ohio 44420

Contact your YW, Primary leaders or the Bishop for more information.

Pinewood Derby

Saturday March 19th 10-1

(boys ages 6-11)

Youngstown Stake Center

Cub Scout- Primary Training

Saturday April 17th 9-12

Youngstown Stake Center

Activity Day Event

Saturday May 14th 10-12

Boy & Girls ages 8-11. Their Parents & Leaders

Youngstown Stake Center

Scout troop 4086 of the Warren ward received the National OA (Order of the Arrow) Unit of Excellence Award - Silver Level on 9 January 2016.

But our member and non member boys have been very active in Order of the Arrow in serving all area scouts. The welcomed addition to our troop of active non member scouts has strengthened our troop and helped all of the boys to grow I am very pleased with their efforts.

“The Order of the Arrow (OA) is most commonly known as the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). A more clear definition would be that the society was created to honor scouts that best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law. It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on Scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the assistance of Carroll A. Edson, in 1915 as a means of reinforcing the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. The goal was to establish these as lifelong guidelines, and to encourage continued participation in Scouting and camping. Influenced in part by camp traditions, and Indian folklore, the OA uses "safeguarded" symbols, handshakes, and ceremonies to impart a sense of community.

Inducted members, known as Arrowmen or Brothers, are organized into local youth-led lodges that harbor fellowship, promote camping, and render service to Boy Scout councils and their communities. Members wear identifying insignia on their uniforms, most notably the OA pocket flap (representing their individual lodge) and the OA sash (worn at official OA functions) and are eligible for special OA awards. The OA program sponsors several events, awards, and training functions.” ~Wikipedia

Raul Kemp, YM President

Printing temple cards from home

1. Sign in at https://familysearch.org and click Temple.
1. Click Not Printed if you have not yet printed a Family Ordinance Request or temple ordinance cards. 
2. Click Printed to reprint temple ordinance cards. 
3. Note:  Use only white paper to print Family Ordinance Request or temple ordinance cards. 
2. Click to check the box next to ancestors for whom you want to perform ordinances and print cards.  Select only the number of ordinances that you can complete in a reasonable amount of time.

3. Click the blue Print or Reprint button that appears at the top of your list.  

4. Click Print Family Ordinance Cards.  Note:  If you don't specifically select Print Family Ordinance Cards, the system will default to Print an FOR.

5. Click the box to check each ordinance that you want to include on the temple ordinance card. Click Continue. If you have not printed the ordinances before, you see a screen with "Print Request" instructions.

6. Read the instructions, and then click Continue.  If the ordinances were printed previously and you want to reprint the temple ordinance cards, you see a screen with Print Request instructions with an additional warning to destroy the cards printed earlier. Read the instructions, and then click Continue. 

7. The system creates your temple ordinance cards and displays them in another window in your browser. Note: If the request does not appear, make sure that Adobe Reader is installed on the computer and your pop-up blocker is set correctly.  Instructions for temple ordinance cards are printed on the top of the sheet. 

8. Click Print. Print the temple ordinance cards using the print feature of your browser. On most browsers, click File, and then click Print. You can also open the print menu with these steps:

1. Press Ctrl+P on the computer keyboard.
2. Right-click, and then click Print.
3. Click Menu, and then click Print.
4. Hover in a corner of the page.​
5. ​​Make sure the cards printed correctly. Get the temple ordinance cards from the printer. If they did not print, check for the issues below:

·         Is the printer on?

·         Does the printer have paper?

·         Check cable connections.

·         Do you have a paper jam or other printer malfunction? 

9. The "Was a Temple Ordinance Card Created?" screen opens. Indicate if your cards printed correctly. 
   

• If they printed correctly, click Yes.
• If they did not print and you want to try again, click Retry.
• If they did not print correctly and you do not want to try again, click No.

If you cannot get your temple ordinance cards to print from your computer, you can sign out and try again later. If your printer is not working, you can sign in on another computer with another printer and try again. Family history centers have computers and printers you can use.